COUR
NYSE · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services · US
Coursera, Inc. (NASDAQ:COUR) is an online education platform founded in 2011 by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. Originally incorporated as Dkandu, Inc., the company changed its name to Coursera in April 2012 and went public in March 2021. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Coursera has grown from a startup focused on making university courses accessible online to a comprehensive learning platform serving over 160 million registered learners worldwide. The company connects learners with educational content from universities, companies, and other institutions, offering everything from individual courses to full degree programs and professional certificates.